Nurgle's Conscription
Instant
Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control, then exile that player's graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12411
Nurgle's Conscription puts every nonland permanent from your opponents' graveyards onto the battlefield under your control — that's a board state that ends games on the spot. The cost is steep at seven mana, but Abaddon the Despoiler makes it trivially castable once the cascade triggers start stacking.
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Abaddon the Despoiler
Abaddon the Despoiler's cascade triggers scale with the total mana value of spells cast with warp, and Nurgle's Conscription sitting at seven mana means it cascades into virtually your entire deck — making it both a cascade payoff and a board-flipping finisher in the same card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nurgle's Conscription is a Commander card through and through — the effect is designed for multiplayer, where three opponents' graveyards turn a single spell into a twenty-plus-permanent swing. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but seven mana with no fast-mana setup is a non-starter against decks operating on one and two. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it sees any real play, and only in shells that can hit seven reliably. Everywhere else, it simply doesn't exist.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Nurgle's Conscription isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the most accurate number before buying. As a mythic-level splashy rare with a narrow but devoted home in Abaddon the Despoiler decks, it tends to hold value whenever Warhammer crossover supply tightens.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.